White Wolf's Law A Western Story _By_ HAL DUNNING [Illustration] NEW YORK CHELSEA HOUSE PUBLISHERS ------------------------------------------------------------------------ White Wolf's Law Copyright, 1928, by CHELSEA HOUSE Printed in the U. S. A. All rights reserved, including that of translation into foreign languages, including the Scandinavian. ------------------------------------------------------------------------ CONTENTS I. APACHES OR LAVA GANG II. AN UNEXPECTED GUEST III. KING OF LIARS IV. SONS OF THE DEVIL V. THE WOLF SHOWS HIMSELF VI. THE LAVA GANG IN ACTION VII. THE SENTENCE VIII. KIDNAPED IX. THE MINE FORTRESS X. A ROMAN BATTERING-RAM XI. THE ATTACK XII. THE WAMPUS ON STILTS XIII. THE MINERS' MEETING XIV. JIM-TWIN AND JACK-TWIN XV. THE TRAP XVI. THE MAIL ROBBER XVII. THE WOLF FILLS THE JAIL XVIII. THE LONG TRAIL XIX. DOT REED XX. SHORTY TALKS XXI. CONFERENCE WITH SLIVERS XXII. ON SQUINT'S TRAIL XXIII. AN OLD FRIEND XXIV. THE WOLF CALL XXV. THE WOLF MAKES HIS KILL ------------------------------------------------------------------------ WHITE WOLF'S LAW CHAPTER I APACHES OR LAVA GANG Death had struck twice on that September afternoon, and two riders returning to Cannondale had marked the glow from a fire against the early evening sky. At first they had mistaken it for a brush fire and had swung their horses off the trail and headed toward it as rapidly as the going would permit. The brush was as dry as tinder, and a fire, unless checked, spelled ruin both to townfolk and plainsmen. The two riders slid their horses down the shelving bank of a wide arroyo. After their horses had scrambled up the farther side, it was "Toothpick" Jarrick who first realized the truth. "Hey, 'Dutchy,' it's a house on fire!" he cried. "Sure is!" Dutchy grunted and checked his horse to a trot. "Get goin'!" Toothpick cried impatiently. "Not any," Dutchy said shortly. "Lava Gang." "Yuh sure talk as if words hurt yuh," Toothpick grumbled.